Residents, ward councillor and business patch potholes in Silverlakes Road
Local businesses donated bags of asphalt and bitumen solution to fix the potholes.
The Greater Lakes Community Upliftment Precinct team in Silverlakes, local businesses and ward councillor Malcolm De Klerk came together on Tuesday, March 5, to fix the pothole-ridden Silverlakes Road.
The large backlog of unrepaired potholes has sparked a hands-on approach among residents, as they resorted to filling these holes themselves as part of the city’s community upliftment precinct initiative.
Ward 101 councillor Malcom De Klerk explained the new initiative: “This policy allows for individuals and/or non profit organisations to have permission to work on City of Tshwane infrastructure, in this case, roads.”
Previously, Tshwane considered residents’ filling potholes themselves illegal.
De Klerk said the condition of the road was bad and the potholes posed a danger to motorists.
“The road looks better now after hole-filling and smoothing,” he said.
He said the road had some potholes that were dangerous.
De Klerk said it took several hours to patch the road with bitumen solution and cold asphalt.
“As part of the team that makes up Greater Lakes Community Upliftment Precinct, we are very grateful to the donor for the bags of asphalt, Mica Silverlakes for sponsoring the bitumen solution and to everyone that smiled and waved,” said De Klerk.
“We managed to get the nastiest of the potholes along Silverlakes roads. And it couldn’t have been possible without the help of the community and local businesses.”
He said this initiative was a whole of society approach.
“No frills, no fuss, just movement on issues. We can’t wait for anyone, we are a strong community which can achieve much. Only together as a stronger community can we rise together as a whole of society. We look forward to more being done and taking our area to a stronger position.”
He expressed his gratitude to everyone involved in the upliftment project.
“Thank you everyone involved, especially Pretoria traffic by providing some helpers.”
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